Barclay Tartan Pullover Pattern

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Tartans

SIZES 12-14-16

MATERIALS:
Chadwick's Red Heart Sock and Sweater Yarn, 3 Ply, Art. E.255, Shrink and Stretch Resist, 5 skeins (1 oz. pull-out skeins) of Black and 1 skein of Oxford for Sizes 12 and 14; 6 skeins of Black and 2 skeins of Oxford for Size 16; 1 skein each of Yellow and White for all sizes.
Milwards “Phantom” Aluminum Knitting Pins or Clark's O.N.T. Plastic Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).
Milwards “Phantom” Aluminum Double-pointed Sock Needles or Clark's O.N.T Plastic Double-pointed Sock Needles, 1 set No. 1 (2½ mm. size).
Milwards Steel Crochet Hook No. 2.

GAUGE:
Stockinette st—7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.
Pattern st—8 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.

BLOCKING MEASUREMENTS:

Sizes	12	14	16
Bust	32”	34”	36”
Width across back or front at underarm	16”	17”	18”
Width across back or front above armhole shaping	12½”	13¼”	14”
Length from shoulder to lower edge	18½”	19½”	20½”
Length of side seam	11½”	12”	12½”
Length of sleeve seam	4½”	4½”	5”
Width across sleeve at upperarm	12½”	13”	13½”
BACK … Starting at lower edge with Black and No. 1 knitting pins, cast on	112 sts	120 sts	128 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for	3”	3”	3½”
decreasing 1 st on last row.
Change to No. 3 knitting pins and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) until piece measures in all	11½”	12”	12½”
To Shape Armholes: Bind off 7 sts at the beginning of next 2 rows. Dec 1 st at end of each row until there remain	87 sts	93 sts	97 sts
Work without decreasing until piece measures from first row of armhole shaping	7”	7½”	8”
To Shape Shoulders: Bind off	9 sts	7 sts	10 sts
at the beginning of next 6 rows. On Size 14 only, bind off 8 sts at the beginning of next 2 rows. Place on a stitch holder to be worked later for back of neck the remaining	33 sts	35 sts	37 sts
FRONT … Starting at lower edge with Black and No. 1 knitting pins, cast on	128 sts	136 sts	144 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for	3”	3”	3½”
decreasing 1 st on last row.
NOTE: Vertical stripes are omitted on chart, to be worked later in colors indicated by arrows on chart. When carrying unused yarn across, twist it around every other st, being careful not to pull yarn up too tightly.
Change to No. 3 knitting pins and work in pattern as follows: 1st row: On Sizes 14 and 16 only, with Black, knit	—	2 sts	1 st
on Size 16 only, p 1, k 4; on all sizes, attach a ball of Oxford, knit	3 sts	5 sts	5 sts
p 1, k 5, drop Oxford, * with Black, k 4, p 1, k 4, drop Black, with Oxford, k 5, p 1, k 5. Repeat from * 4 more times, drop Oxford, with Black, k 4, p 1, k 4, drop Black, with Oxford, k 5, p 1, knit	3 sts	5 sts	5 sts
on Sizes 14 and 16 only, with Black, knit	—	2 sts	4 sts
on Size 16 only, p 1, k 1.
2nd row: On Size 16 only, with Black, p 1, k 1; on Sizes 14 and 16 only, purl	—	2 sts	4 sts
On all sizes with Oxford, purl	3 sts	5 sts	5 sts
k 1, p 5, drop Oxford, * with Black p 4, k 1, p 4, drop Black, with Oxford, p 5, k 1, p 5. Repeat from * 4 more times, drop Oxford, with Black, p 4, k 1, p 4, drop Black, with Oxford, p 5, k 1, purl	3 sts	5 sts	5 sts
drop Oxford, on Sizes 14 and 16 only, with Black, purl	—	2 sts	4 sts
on Size 16 only, k 1, p 1.
Starting with the 3rd row on chart for Ladies Pullover below, work in pattern following chart across. Chart shows one half of each row. To complete row, omit center st and follow chart back to beginning, working knit and purl sts as established. Continue to follow chart until top of chart is reached. Then repeat from A to B until piece measures in all	11½”	12”	12½”
To Shape Armholes: Bind off 8 sts at the beginning of next 2 rows. Keeping continuity of pattern, dec 1 st at end of each row until there remain	99 sts	105 sts	111 sts
Work without decreasing until piece measures from first row of armhole shaping, ending with wrong side facing	4¾”	5¼”	5½”
To Shape Neck: Work across	60 sts	64 sts	68 sts
place the last	21 sts	23 sts	25 sts
just worked on to a stitch holder to be worked later. Work across the last	39 sts	41 sts	43 sts
only, decreasing 1 st at neck edge on next row and every other row thereafter until there remain	32 sts	34 sts	36 sts
Work without decreasing until piece measures from first row of armhole shaping, ending at armhole edge	7”	7½”	8”
To Shape Shoulder: Bind off	8 sts	8 sts	9 sts
at the beginning of next row	4 times	3 times	4 times
On Size 14 only, work one more row, then bind off 10 sts.
Attach yarn where sts were divided and work other side to correspond, reversing shapings.
SLEEVES … Starting at lower edge with Black and No. 1 knitting pins, cast on	90 sts	94 sts	98 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for 1 inch.
Change to No. 3 knitting pins and work in stockinette st until piece measures in all	4½”	4½”	5”
To Shape Top: Bind off 7 sts at the beginning of next 2 rows. Dec 1 st at end of each row until 36 sts remain. Bind off 2 sts at the beginning of each row until 20 sts remain. Bind off.
Sew shoulder seams.
NECKBAND … With right side facing, Black and double-pointed needles, pick up and k around entire neck edge, including sts on stitch holders	100 sts	104 sts	108 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for 1 inch. Bind off loosely in ribbing.
VERTICAL STRIPES … With crochet hook and 2 strands of colors indicated by arrows on chart, make a row of chain st in each of the purled rib sts.
Block to measurements. Sew up side and sleeve seams. Sew in sleeves. Darn in all ends securely on wrong side.

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